emonline Posted October 30, 2010 Share Posted October 30, 2010 Anyone have suggestions for a good medium-sized, private college in the Midwest? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer in MI Posted October 30, 2010 Share Posted October 30, 2010 My sister went to Sewanee in Sewanee, TN and loved it. Maybe a bit too far south, but a great school! What about Hillsdale in MI? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted October 30, 2010 Share Posted October 30, 2010 Mt. Union Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcconnellboys Posted October 31, 2010 Share Posted October 31, 2010 What do you mean by Midwest (specific states), please? And what do you consider "mid-size"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-FL Posted October 31, 2010 Share Posted October 31, 2010 Go to College Search There are pages of questions, but you can skip to get the largest list. You can narrow by state, or region along w/enrollment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emonline Posted October 31, 2010 Author Share Posted October 31, 2010 Thanks for all the information so far. It is helpful. We are having a little battle here. DS wants a large, public university. I'd like something smaller and private (probably -- maybe just smaller). I am trying to compromise with something greater than 2,000 -- maybe a college with some name recognition -- Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Missouri, Kansas, Ohio -- somewhere around there, but perhaps other states as well. Again, thanks for all the ideas!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaithManor Posted October 31, 2010 Share Posted October 31, 2010 Hillsdale in MI is a neo-classical, more along the lines of "great books tradition" school. It's selective and from what I understand, a great place. Hillsdale is in Southern Michigan and not far from the Indiana border. How much are you willing to spend? I think that may have a lot to do with it. Many of the smaller, private but really good, Midwestern colleges are very pricey! Faith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcconnellboys Posted October 31, 2010 Share Posted October 31, 2010 Well, most that are private that I know of are around 1200-2400 (some a little smaller). In Indiana, there's DePauw and nearby, Wabash (smaller and all male). Earlham and Hanover are both good. Hanover is in the middle of no where.... I didn't really like the town around DePauw, either.... Of course, the University of Notre Dame is also there and much larger. It's a great school, too! Ohio has schools like Oberlin and Kenyon that are good (but more liberal). For bigger schools, there's Case Western Reserve, Ohio State, and Miami is a great smaller public school sometimes called the ivy of the publics. I like the town it's in, too! Denison and Wittenberg are also good private schools. If you think you might be interested in looking at Iowa, there are a bunch of good private schools there, too, such as: Coe, Cornell, Grinnell, Morningside, Simpson, and Wartburg. I think most of these are pretty small but it's been a while since I looked at them because I couldn't get mine interested in going up there to look at schools.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kendall Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 (edited) If you want to look in Oklahoma then The University of Tulsa is a private school you could consider. They are the smallest Division I NCAA school. Kids get in free to all sports events (at the big schools you have to pay for basketball and football tickets usually and sometimes can only get them when you are a freshman). There is only one class taught by grad assistants (the Freshman Comp equivalent). They beat Notre Dame in football today. I don't know if that counts for name recognition. LOL! It is more selective than the state schools around here (at least KS, MO, NE, OK) and my son is finding it challenging. I think the number of students is around 3100. Edited November 1, 2010 by Kendall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emonline Posted November 1, 2010 Author Share Posted November 1, 2010 Thanks to you all - I am going to research all of them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirty ethel rackham Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 If you are not looking for the big city experience, here are a few more: Bradley University in Peoria Illinois Wesleyan in Bloomingtoon Knox College in Galesburg Augustana in Rock Island Beloit College in Beloit Wisconsin North Central College in suburban Naperville Truman State in Kirksville Missouri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Marple Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 They beat Notre Dame in football today :party::party::party: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emonline Posted November 1, 2010 Author Share Posted November 1, 2010 You are all giving me some great options! This is very, very helpful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcconnellboys Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 Oh yeah! Knox was on my list, too. I had to take it off because my son wouldn't think of going to a school with the same name as him, LOL..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DebbS Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 You also might want to check out Calvin College in Grand Rapids, MI. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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